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How the Shooting of Police Officers in Baton Rouge Unfolded

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At 8:40 a.m., Baton Rouge police dispatchers received a report of a man walking on Airline Highway carrying a rifle. When officers arrived, the man, dressed in black, was seen standing behind a beauty supply store.

Airline HIGHWAY

Benny’s Car Wash

Hair Crown

Beauty Supply

Hammond Aire Plaza

200 ft

Benny’s

Car Wash

Airline HIGHWAY

Hair

Crown

Beauty

Supply

Hammond Aire Plaza

200 ft

Aerial image by Google

At 8:42 a.m., shots were reported.

At 8:44, officers were reported down. A tape of emergency radio transmissions reported the location as behind the beauty supply store.

Merrydale

2 Miles

61

Mississippi

River

Alton B. Sterling

shot on July 5

Baton Rouge

FLORIDA BLVD.

AIRLINE HIGHWAY

Louisiana State

Police Headquarters

Baton Rouge

Police Dept.

Port Allen

Benny’s Car

Wash

10

12

Hair Crown

Beauty Supply

Westminster

10

Inniswold

Merrydale

2 Miles

61

Alton B. Sterling

shot on July 5

Baton Rouge

AIRLINE HIGHWAY

Louisiana State

Police Headquarters

Baton Rouge

Police Dept.

Benny’s Car

Wash

Hair Crown

Beauty Supply

Westminster

10

Inniswold

The New York Times

At 8:45, there was another report of shots being fired.

At 8:46, the man with the rifle was reported to be near the car wash. On eyewitness video, officers can be seen firing toward the car wash from behind a squad car. Officers shot and killed him, and the State Police said the man was the only person believed to have been involved in the deaths and injuries of the officers. The police used a robot to check the dead suspect for explosives.

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Airline Highway, from the police station to the intersection of Interstate 12, had been the site of protests in the weeks since the fatal police shooting of Alton B. Sterling on July 5.